SUPPORT MY CAUSE: BRING EDUCATION TO THE PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE TO EDUCATION!
A GOOD EDUCATION IS THE FOUNDATION OF A PROSPEROUS NATION!
I am Ivan Celleri Contreras, an ESL, TESOL, TEFL teacher as well as a certified PSW. Currently involved in the healthcare and service industry, I am familiar with the challenges of curricular planning, the roles of a teacher and the urgent need to have family, society and most of all the student involved in the educational process. Education runs in my veins as well as the need to serve my fellow citizens in obtaining the tools and information which will propel them to fulfill their goals. Education is the first step in a person's life ANYWHERE in the world. We are grateful to live in a country which offers many opportunities and welcomes everyone.
In Toronto, we elect School Board Trustees to become the link, voice, and associate with the city and provincial government in attaining the best for our children, ourselves and our society. We value and recognize the efforts of our previous York Centre School Board Trustee for the incredible effort and tremendous work carried out, thank you! While the incumbent Trustee takes a break, I will ensure that his legacy lives on, but it is never enough...we need to demonstrate that this was all worthwhile and the results are coming soon. Planning, real projects, research into education curricula respecting rights but also making sure we all play our part thru responsibilities and an integrated effort with all of Toronto's Trustees will make our School Board stronger.
More than ever we are to live, work and play elbow to elbow, hand in hand, mind in mind and with your support in all areas I will work with all Board members to ensure no stone is left unturned, no question unanswered and no student feels unheard, unnoticed, unattended nor with more questions than answers. Students must participate as there is no magic trick to getting good grades or landing a good job with deficient performance. The future starts now, no question is a bad question, and no time is more perfect a time than now!
WHAT WE DO
I have wide experience in curricular planning, ESL . TESOL. EFL programming, customizing material to optimize learning in languages which in many forms can be applied to learning/teaching other topics.
The aim is to Empower you-the student- to become aware of your strengths and weaknesses, polish your skills, seek guidance, unlock your potential, channel your dreams and effort in the existing Toronto District School Board System to become a productive and happier member of Society. Support my cause...your cause, a Trustee's occupation is not a one-man-show! it is a community commitment for success in all directions!